New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


WISCONSIN BUREAU OF LABOR AND ND I'M nm t59
STATISTICS. second Report o'o pp' o-
n, the MANY reports which have emanaee"
,,;.bin the past few years from the recently e.
h,i.hea bureaus Of labor in the different States.
,or,.,s NOT one can be mentioned which contains
more interesting and useful Information ohah oii
In some respects il Is worthy % DE inouei ~,
other reports Of similar purpose, Tor us Tone anu
.nirt are admirable lis review Of facts is nos
confined to exhaustive dsquisitions on one Oh
two topics, but covers industrial events through
out the State during the past two years ana
treats of TIC interests Of labor in many o'hcrch'
ssnects. Though rot overloaded with STATISTICS,
A. gives much valuable information In s.a''s 10"
form IL embraces an especially valuable cio"
tion of factory. hotel labor and lien laws Oh o''e
state a very fun history Of co-opera.Ne
prises in other countries, in the Oh"ca
and In Wisconsin; similar re'lew Vi
,aaa. for arbitration, and the results 'n's i'
sttoi,.sd and esrecialy history OF the striKes'
disturbances boycotts and riots IN "scohSin
during the period under consideration. "heh -
4. remembered that in few II any states haVc 'h'
,abor disturbances been as numerous or Us h'
portant during the past year as In inc o'a.c VI
W,scoprtp. IL may be imagined that an Intelligent
.,d to;r.minded history Of them is of value. as
wei, 10 workers as to employers or students OF
labor problems. a., A.,
The strong sympathy Of the writer with the
couso NJ labor i'm its best sense is shown through
out the work At the same time scarcely any
official feport is now recalled in which bhc abuses
If labor organisations. the mischief done py Id
bor actators the unwisdom Of strikes ana Ihe
wrongfulness of boycotts are more pointeav anu
unhesitatinsly censured. OF the poycot' 'i1
commissioner says tpage 22);
The boycott seems to me to be but modin e'
form of tie business Of the highwayrnan. ~ 10
I think on the wane throughout the ohion "" :.
ta;rIy IN Wisconsin. Let il CO. The sooner ~
is buried beyond resurrection the sooncr VIII wa
,rs free themselves from another enemy
7 rob,cr hywever a chance Of tactics IN thoSe
wbo favor and manage bOycotts. Instead OF Or
canizin. against business men ana man"iaoout
ers in such a manner as to be guilty OF conspir-
acy as freely as formerly, they now poyc'.' Ic,
sons-ostracisinr, bounding and maltreao'hg su.h
.an,hars ~ their organizations rs cannot be fully
cout,o,,ed We have had but little OF that LII
Wisconsin, though in other States 1t has become
an enormity. ,,.;,
some uri,nists claim that boyoottine
even in its extreme form pl
,dpley II is not a principle, but low ana pas
s;anate form of revenge. There is not q shred OF
shadow OF princifle in il or near IL: .
II is true that men may, as individuals Or III
n body. refuse to buy any given article OF relus'
n work for an obnoxious employer, ouI ON zen
eral prlnclpeS DoycOttlHS ID =" 81,
,oent of warfare. 1t is two-edged s"oro 'iiA'
NAV be used by either party.
Suppose manufacturers should band toee,ner "
aa,riye union men of shelter, fuel FOOD, clothing
a,d labor for the purpose of enforcing some r"ic,
,or,la,iou or pice Such course would 1ndeeo
he more appalling in its results out ho' mo-
o,tr, ,.ous violation of common sense, common
rirbt and common law than the ooycoeos VIM"
have been instituted against tho goods lac'ories
business and reputation Of employers, ...ux
IL iabo,iug men wish to ntlnue poycot.li33'
LEFT them boycott drunkenness poyc"eo iou"
,noutbcd acit AT ors boycott chailatan leaders anu
,co,ntebanlls who care nothing for labor eAccp'
"a Use il for selfish purposes: boycott dssipa,'on
and extravaront habts-boyoott them always ana
evervwbere strike against them, drum Them ouV
of camp. lilo, ,ho for.
Instead of tearing down and Gripping tne iao.
les Of your neighbors wherein you earn your
daily bread and which build up your comiiiu 1
ties. boycott every foreimmad article 'ii''
could as well be made on American soil
The commissioner expresses but little con-
6donce in arbitration, but believes that legal
tribunals can do no harm, and may help the
growth Of public sentiment against strikes ana
,oc,,outs and in favor Of some more broad ana
EQUITABLE basis for future union OF the efforts OF
labor and capital. He urges also. with strong ar
raw of facts thst the time has come to restrict
foreicn immicrati on and that this is Tar moro
impoltant than the ends attalnahle py trauee-
unionism, arbitration or cooperation